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For Love of the King, by Oscar Wilde
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Title: For Love of the King a Burmese Masque
Author: Oscar Wilde
Release Date: October 28, 2007 [eBook #23229]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Transcribed from the [1922] Methuen and Co./Jarrold and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FOR LOVE OF THE KING
A BURMESE MASQUE
BY OSCAR WILDE
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1922
This Edition on handmade paper is limited to 1000 copies
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier. It was written, not for publication, but as a personal gift to the author's friend and friend of his family, Mrs. Chan Toon, and was sent to her with the letter that follows and explains its origin.
Mrs. Chan Toon, before her marriage to Mr. Chan Toon, a Burmese gentleman, nephew of the King of Burma and a barrister of the Middle Temple, was Miss Mabel Cosgrove, the daughter of Mr. Ernest Cosgrove of Lancaster Gate, a friend of Sir William and Lady Wilde,